Health-Related Quality of Life Improvements in Patients Undergoing Lumbar Spinal Fusion as a Revision Surgery

Abstract

The current study demonstrates that patients undergoing lumbar fusion as a revision of a prior lumbar surgery can expect only modest improvements in health-related quality of life. Postdecompression patients achieved moderate improvements in clinical outcome measures, whereas ASD and nonunion patients showed only modest improvements. Further investigation is needed to identify preoperative predictors that will assist the selection of patients who will benefit from revision lumbar fusion.